Dinos Constantinides: Lecturer

A. ³Lecture: Twentieth Century Studies for Two Violins²
With the Duo Farrell

B.  ³Music for Two Saxophones²
Stathis Mavrommatis, Georgia Lionaki, Saxophones

October 23rd, 2011
Sychrono Odeion Athinon

The music of Greek born composer Dinos Constantinides has been performed
throughout the world. He is the recipient of many grants, commissions and
awards, including first prizes in the 1981 Brooklyn College International
Chamber Competition, the 1985 First Midwest Chamber Opera Conference, and
the 1997 Delius composition Contest Grand Prize. He also received the 1985
American New Music consortium Distinguished Service Award, the 1989 Glen
Award of l¹Ensemble of New York, several Meet the Composer grants and
numerous ASCAP Standard Awards. In 1994 he was honored with a Distinguished
Teacher White House commission on Presidential Scholars. As the Director of
the prestigious Louisiana State University Festival of Contemporary Music
for 22 years, Constantinides presented the top composers of the continent
including Carlos Chávez, John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Karel Husa, and Ernst
Krenek among others.

Constantinides has served on the Board of Directors of many national
societies in the U.S.A., including the Society of Composers (SCI), College
Music Society, National Composers of U.S.A. and Music Teacher National
Association (MTNA). He is a member of ASCAP and has been an evaluator for
the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He
is presently Boyd Professor, the highest academic rank at Louisiana State
University, head of the Composition area, and Music Director of the
Louisiana Sinfonietta.